10 Yew Lodge, Greystones Drive, Darlington, DL3 9TN

10 Yew Lodge is a detached house in Darlington (DL3 9TN). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1055 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. At 98 m² this is the 8th smallest of 10 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 45–105 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (64 versus a best of 80). The latest certificate (July 2012) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). The latest certificate is from July 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 98 m² the property is well over the postcode median (71 m² across 41 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2002–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at -1.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £152,000 sits 60% above the 2021 sale of £95,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£90/sq ft) was about 45.1% below the postcode norm. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £95,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.